Brush.



No. 746,217. 1 PATENTED DEC. 8, 1903-.

A. R. WIENS. BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1902.

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' UNITED STATES Patented December 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

IBRVUSH.

I SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 746,217, dated December 8, 1903.- I Application filed January l8, 1902. Serial No. 90,248. (No model.)

To-all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH R. WIENS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of' Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin,have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The improvements relate particularly to that class of brushes in which provision is bad for intermittent saturation of absorbent tufts thereof with kerosene-oil or other liquid, the object of the improvements being simplicity, economy, durability,convenience, and satisfactory results with respect to the manufacture and utilization of the brushes,

.of the brush, showing some parts thereof in elevation; and Fig. 3, a plan view of a fragment of said brush inverted.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates a brush-back provided with sockets in which tufts B of non-absorbent-material are wire-drawn or otherwise secured, and recurved absorbent material 0 is shown held in'a central longitudinal recess of the brushback by means of a stay-core D, that lies in the bend of the said material, this core being fastened in place by staples b or other suit The stay-cord D is corrugated" able means. so as to form a succession of heads, and in the manufacture of the brush the absorbent material C is laid across the brush-back recess and forced therein with said stay-core, so as to be compressed in the wave-like space between core and back, said core being sta- While I have shown and described this means for holding absorbent material in a brush-back, thesame means may be employed for bolding any kind of fibrous material in such a back.

A longitudinal slot cis shown in the brush back,vertically thereof, between the aforesaid recess and a central upper gutter of said back. A longitudinally-slotted gutter-match- 'ing metal plate E is shown set flush in the wood of brush-back A, and'the slot-d of this plate is in register with the brush-back slot 0, whereby an even distribution of liquid from an upper reservoir to the absorbent material of the brush is insured.

A cover F is made fast on brush-back A by any convenient means, and in practice'it is preferable to treat the opposing surfaces of back and cover with a cement that will in-.

site ears g, one of which is provided with an inner spur h and the other with a set-screw H bywhich to hold said fixture in detachable connection with sides of the brush-head and provided for its reversal on the same. The nozzle e.of fixture G is shown as having a crooked channel provided with a soft-metal bushing 11, and the minute outlet of the bushing herein illustrated may be readily enlarged at any time increase of area is necessary or desirable, a pointed round nail beingserviceable as an expanding-tool.

A vented screw I is shown adjustable in fixture G to cross the bore of soft-metal bushing 2' abovethe outlet end of same, and the point of the screw seats in said bushing, said screw serving as means for controlling admission of air to the reservoir aforesaid.

The upper end of the inclined socket portion f of fixture G'is prefer-ablytaper-bored, and extending down from the socket is a reduced center bore screw-tapped for the engagement of a screw-threaded end of a cen-.

tral stem J, projectingtbrough a socket-fitting ferrule K on a handle L, preferably flush with the same, the stem being driven into the handle through an aperture in the ferrule and held by a rivetj, extending through said ferrule and handle.

By this construction and arrangementof parts economical provision is had for firmly holding the brush-handle in readily-detachable connection with its socket and the ferrule, with the screw-threaded stem, serves as a stopper for the channel through fixture G aforesaid.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A brush-back having a longitudinal recess therein, recurved fibrous material in the recess, a stay-core corrugated to form a succession of beads, and means for holding the core in the bend of the fibrous material.

2. AWoodenbrush-backhavingalowerlongitudinal recess, a vertical slot extending into the recess, absorbent material held in said recess, a metal plate on the brush-back provided with a slot in register with the one aforesaid, and a reservoir from which liquid is supplied through the plate and brush-back slots to said absorbent material.

A wooden brush-back having an upper longitudinal gutter and a lower longitudinal recess, a vertical slot between gutter and recess, absorbent material held in said recess, a longitudinally slotted gutter matching metal plate, and a reservoir from which liquid is supplied through the plate and brushback slots to said absorbent material.

4. A wooden brush-back havingalower longitudinal recess, a vertical slot extending into the recess, absorbent material held in said recess, a metal plate on the brush-back provided with a slot in register with the one aforesaid, a hollow back cover, a reservoirin connection with said cover, and means controlling flow of liquid from the reservoir.

5. A brush-head having a socket-fixture provided with a depending nozzle, a socketfitting handle-ferrule, and a screw-threaded stem extending down from the ferrule to engage a tapped portion of the fixture below the socket therein.

6. A brush -head having a socketfixture provided with a depending nozzle and at taching-ears, a socket-fitting handle-ferrule, and a screw-threaded stem extending down from the ferrule to engage a tapped portion of the bore of said fixture below the socket therein.

7. A brush-head having a fixture provided with a depending nozzle and taper bored at its outer end, the non-tapered remaining portion of the bore being tapped at the upper extremity thereof, a handle provided with a ferrule engageable with the taper portion of the fixture-bore, and a screw-stem extending from the ferrule end of the handle to engage the tapped portion of said fixture-bore.

8. A brush-head having a handle-socket fixture provided with a lower channel, a softmetal bushing in thechannel, and a vented screw adjustable in the fixture to cross the bore of the bushing above the outlet end of same and seat at its point in said bushing.

9. A brush head having a socket fixture provided with a lower channel and an upper socket, a socket-fitting handle, and a screwthreaded stem extending down from the bandle to engage a tapped portion of the bore of said fixture between its socket and channel aforesaid.

.10. A wooden brush-back provided with absorbent tufts, an apertured metal liquid-distributing plate on the bruslrback, and a reservoir from which liquid is supplied through the plate and brush-back to said tufts.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the countj of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH R. WIENS.

Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, B. O. ROLOFF. 

